Archives for
February 2012

"Rob and Sara love each other," begins a promotional video for the Closer ToGetHer iPhone and Android app, "but work keeps them apart more than they'd like." The app's proposed solution: a feature that allows Rob to control the vibration function on ...

Remember SOPA? Remember the urgency with which the bill's backers were trying to convince us that its intended target, online piracy, was a clear and present danger? Remember how those dastardly BitTorrenters were going to deprive us of a functioning...

So, you forgot about Valentine's Day, huh? Whether you intended to or not, there's still time to let your sweetheart know how much you care. If you did forget to make those reservations in advance, just know you're probably not alone. Zooey Deschanel...

Newt Gingrich, ex-Speaker of the House and Republican presidential hopeful, has turned on Facebook's new profile option, Timeline. Maybe he was inspired by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who did the same last week? Not exactly. According to Vincen...

The rumored name for the television set that Apple is supposedly working on is iTV. Trouble is, that's also the name of one Britain's biggest broadcasters -- ITV, or Independent Television, the main ad-driven alternative to the BBC. ITV has been arou...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) approved Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility Monday afternoon. Earlier on Monday, Google announced via its corporate blog that the European Union had approved the $12.5 billion deal as well...

Edith Yeung is the head of marketing of Dolphin Browser, the world's first Gesture, Webzine and Add-on-enabled mobile browser. She is also the founding partner of RightVentures, which focuses on cloud and mobile investments. You can find out more abo...

Minecraft creator Mojang has released highly anticipated updates for Minecraft Pocket Edition that should bring it more in line with the PC version of the game. The new updates, which make the game less like a sandbox of bricks, are already available...

Male Twitter users are more disgruntled by Valentine's Day than females. Although women post more tweets, men tend to take a more negative tone about the Feb. 14 holiday, according to new data from NM Incite. The social analytics company inspected 70...

In an unusually intimate move, Google posted these photos on their Life at Google account Monday afternoon -- offering Google+ users a glimpse at their Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. Google has always been known for being a leader in fun office...

Hamza Kashgari, the twenty-three-year-old Saudi blogger whose controversial tweets about the Prophet Muhammed last weekend incited controversy among religious conservatives in the Middle East, has been returned to Saudi Arabia at the request of the S...

Samsung is excited to bring its Galaxy Note "superphone" to the U.S. It's so excited that it's giving Mashable a sneak peek of the phone before it becomes available to AT&T customers Feb. 19. We took a few pictures when we unboxed the phone, and we c...

Not to give away the farm, but I bet you can guess what television event topped the charts in terms of social media chatter this week. Hint: According to Trendrr, the broadcast is the second highest social TV event on its records, after the Super Bow...

Nighttime talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel is the latest mainstream performer who's found it possible to make a mint without solely relying on traditional broadcasting and promotional channels. His solution? YouTube. Kimmel's channel, called JimmyKimmelLiv...

As if Jeremy Lin's status as an underdog everyman living out the dream of basketball fans the world over wasn't already appealing enough. Now we can see photos he took of himself and posted to the social networking site Xanga as a young high schooler...

If you've ever been interested in participating in fantasy sports but also wanted to combine a teenage-like element of crushing on professional athlete, Baseball Boyfriend is just the app for you. For $2.99 you can create your own "BBBF" (that's Base...

Changing your Facebook status from "In a Relationship" to "Single" has become as much a part of the breakup ritual as eating a pint of Ben & Jerry's, getting a dramatic haircut or going for a night out with best friends. Your Facebook status change d...

Hotmail is the top spam-stopping major email service, says a study commissioned by Hotmail. According to findings released on Monday by Cascade Insights, Hotmail ranked ahead of Gmail by a hair in spam percentage. Hotmail inboxes used in the study we...

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards was a huge hit across social, digital and broadcast platforms. Excitement for the return of Adele, as well as the tribute to the late Whitney Houston kept viewers engaged online and off. CBS reported that 39.9 million vi...

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